görkem

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Anatolian Turkish گوركم (görkäm, “worth seeing, flashy, beautiful”, adjective), from Old Anatolian Turkish [Term?] (“görk”). Related to görmek (“to see”). Compare Azerbaijani görkəm. The word had fallen out of use before being revived during the language reform.

Noun[edit]

görkem (definite accusative görkemi, plural görkemler)

  1. splendor

References[edit]

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “görkem”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “görkem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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